‘We have to remain vigilant’: Biden warns of ‘hate and extremism’ in the US

The president spoke in Selma at the site of Bloody Sunday' that led to passage of historic voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago

Joe Biden paid tribute to the heroes of the Bloody Sunday" civil rights march nearly 60 years ago and used its annual commemoration to warn of an ongoing threat to US democracy from election deniers and the erosion of voting rights.

The US president joined thousands of people in Selma, Alabama to mark the movement that led to the passage of landmark voting rights legislation shortly after peaceful marchers were brutally attacked by law enforcement on a bridge though town.